Newport & Kibesillah: A Tale of Two Mendocino County Coastal Logging Towns in Northern California

Newport & Kibesillah — A Tale of Two Mendocino County Coastal Logging Towns in Northern California chronicles the history of two small, bustling but isolated lumber towns, with shops, hotels, saloons and churches in the 1860s, that were ghost towns by 1885.

Newport & Kibesillah also tells the stories of the hardy and often colorful early settlers through reminiscences of their families, as well as newspaper accounts and many hours of research.